THE DAILY MONOBLOG
Thursday, August 21It's a monologue. On a blog. It's ... a monoblog!

• The U.S. has reached a preliminary agreement to pull troops out of Iraq. Now I'm not very good at math, but let's see if I can do this formula: An upcoming election that the Republicans are likely to lose precisely because of the war + the need to buff George Bush's image real fast in time for history = ...well whattya know. It equals this.

• Hallmark is introducing a line of gay marriage greeting cards. The line is called "Not that there's anything WRONG with that..."

• Helps to be Seinfeld fan for that last one.

• Both the men's and women's U.S. relay teams dropped the baton, thereby losing out on a medal. Said a team spokesman: "I don't know what could have happened? Everyone was relaxed. We went to the movies before the race, bought some buttered popcorn and ..."

• And finally, Saudi Arabia is considering dropping its ban on women drivers, which is ... SUCH A GOOD IDEA I'M AMAZED THEY DIDN'T THINK OF IT LONG AGO! And I don't say that because the lovely yet formidable Marcia is standing behind me. I say that because she's standing behind me holding a baseball bat.